Wilfred Douglas CHAPMAN

CHAPMAN, Wilfred Douglas

Service Number: 3785
Enlisted: 13 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Islington, South Australia, 20 November 1897
Home Town: Houghton, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Houghton Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Gardener
Died: Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Houghton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

13 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3785, Adelaide, South Australia
21 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
16 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 32nd Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of John Reuban CHAPMAN and Alice Mary FOLLETT